Gentrification is the urban version of colonization. The same way Europeans take the land away from Africans is the exact same way White people are taking away the communities from black people. As a result of this many black families are forced to move out of their homes. White people are not only moving into this communities but they’re opening businesses as well. Keep in mind these businesses that they’re opening used to be in areas where these black families used to live. At the end of the day, gentrification like colonization doesn’t benefit black people.
Keyed cittern, ca. 1798 Longman & Broderip (London, England)
-Materials: Body: Maple/Spruce • Fingerboard/Parts: Ivory • Keys: Mother-of-pearl -Length: 69.5 cm -Strings: 12 - 2 single, 2 double, 2 triple courses -Other Notes: The key actions are inside the body, hammers hitting the strings through holes in the ivory rosette.
-Materials: Body: Tortoise shell • Parts: Ivory -Strings: 4 [gut] -Other Notes: This violin, that likely shouldn’t ethically exist, was crafted purely as a means to show off artistry - not for playing. All parts of the violin and bow, aside from the body, strings, and bowhair, are made from ivory. The purfling is of gold wire.
Glasglockenklavier, ca. pre-1596 Anonymous (Austria)
-Materials: Body: Softwoods • Keys: Beech, ebonised Hardwood -Length: 96 cm -Range: ~3 octaves -Other Notes: Found in the estate of Archduke Ferdinand II, whose crest is displayed. Translating to ‘glass bell piano’, the sound was produced by small glass bowls struck by felt-tipped bobbins. None of the glass pieces survive today.
Guitar, ca. late 1600s attr. Giacomo Ertel (German-born, cr. Italy)
-Materials: Body/Top: Fruitwood/Spruce • Inlays: Ebony, Ivory, Mother-of-pearl • Rosette: Parchment -Length: 90.7 cm -Strings:10 - 5 double courses [gut] -Other Notes: The rosette is a modern replacement. At one point it was converted to 6 single courses, but since reverted to the original 5 double courses.
Cornet-trompe, ca. 1862 attr. Alphonse Sax (Belgium)
-Materials: Brass -Length: 33.9 cm -Other Notes: “This unusually wound hunting horn was designed to be more easily handled than the traditional large and unwieldy hooped horn used in the field to signal to members of the hunting party. Its ergonomic form enables it to be tucked snugly under the arm against the player’s body for safe and convenient carrying.”
These beautiful benches are located in the city of Burgas (Bulgaria), where the poet Hristo Konstantinov Fotev has lived nearly throughout his entire life. On these benches, one of his poems is carved.
Comparison of post office building in Savska street near Belgrade railway station during Kingdom of Yugoslavia vs how it looks today thanks to Communists. It was built by architect Momir Korunović in Serbo-Byzantine style and destroyed by US bombing on Easter of 1944 also known as “Bloody Easter”.
